William Horberg

Early career

Horberg was born in Chicago where, in his first venture into film, he owned and operated the downtown repertory Sandburg Movie Theatre from 1979 to 1981.

He moved into production starting his company, FutureVision, Inc., and was a producer on Cheap Trick: Live At ChicagoFest for MTV, Chicago Blues, a thirteen-part series featuring legendary blues performers for subscription TV, and was an Associate Producer on Miami Blues, and Executive Producer on A Rage in Harlem for Miramax Films.

Horberg began his career in 1987 as a creative executive at Paramount Pictures and later a Senior Vice President of Production. While at Paramount he oversaw the development and production of such films as Ghost, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Dead Again, Regarding Henry, Soapdish, The Addams Family and The Godfather Part III.

In 1993, Horberg joined producer/director Sydney Pollack's company, Mirage, where he produced such films as Cold Mountain based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier, The Talented Mr. Ripley, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, The Quiet American based on the novel by Graham Greene, Heaven and Searching for Bobby Fischer, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter (Schindler's List) Steven Zaillian.

During that time, he also created and produced the critically acclaimed Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels which featured Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh and Alfonso Cuaron. He also produced the HBO film Poodle Springs based on the unfinished novel by Raymond Chandler and adapted by Tom Stoppard, along with Charlie Countryman.

Later career

In 2005, Horberg became President of Production at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment where he produced or executive produced Talk To Me, Death at a Funeral, Married Life, Lars and the Real Girl, Synecdoche, New York the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, The Kite Runner based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini, and Milk.

Most recently he founded an independent company, Wonderful Films which co-produced Death at a Funeral and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. He also announced plans to co-produce, with Marc Forster, the drama film Disconnect directed by Henry Alex Rubin.

Filmography

2017 Crash Pad (producer) Flavia de Luce (TV Series) (co-producer) 2016 The Promise (producer - produced by, p.g.a.) 2015 Parched (co-executive producer) 2013 Black Nativity (producer) 2013 In Secret (producer) 2013 Charlie Countryman (producer) 2012 Disconnect (producer) 2010 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (executive producer) 2010 Death at a Funeral (producer) 2009 Adventureland (executive producer) 2008 Milk (executive producer) 2008 Management (executive producer) 2008 Synecdoche, New York (executive producer) 2007 The Kite Runner (producer) 2007 Lars and the Real Girl (executive producer) 2007 Married Life (executive producer) 2007 Charlie Bartlett (executive producer) 2007 Talk to Me (executive producer) 2007 Death at a Funeral (executive producer) 2007 Breach (executive producer) 2003 Cold Mountain (producer) 2002 The Quiet American (producer) 2002 Heaven (producer) 2001 Blow Dry (producer) 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (producer) 1998 Poodle Springs (TV Movie) (executive producer) 1998 Muddy Waters at Chicagofest (TV Movie documentary) (producer - as Bill Horberg) 1998 Sliding Doors (producer) 1993-1995 Fallen Angels (TV Series) (producer - 10 episodes)

- Red Wind (1995) ... (producer) - The Black Bargain (1995) ... (producer) - Tomorrow I Die (1995) ... (producer) - Fly Paper (1995) ... (producer) - A Dime a Dance (1995) ... (producer)

1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer (producer) 1991 A Rage in Harlem (executive producer) 1990 Miami Blues (associate producer)

Personal life

He lives in New York with his wife, Cuban-born artist, Elsa Mora, and their children.